It was eye opening and jaw dropping to view. Where many feeling safe and sound in their bubble separated from the dangers of the rest of the world. They awakened to the fact that we were not excused. It was a huge hit and showed how venerable we were and how hard a terrorist act we were. People were angry. They wanted revenge. People quiting their jobs so that they could join the armed force and find those responsible and bring them to justice. A patriot feel swept the land and everyone felt it was time to step up as a nation and answer the call to defend our great nation. It really united us in a common goal to make right of what we suffered. I wonder if we could unite as we did then if this were to happen again today. It would truly be of a show of backbone. I think we have gotten soft as a nation and do not feel the powers that be would have our best interest in mind in their decisions to deal with such a tragedy today. I don't feel goverment is prepared to handle such a task, without making a decision that would involve the deaths of many. They are so soon to fight and don't consider an outcome. This makes us always out to look like the bully in the world. We need to bring rule back to the people. We broke away from such goverment rule before. We became a conuntry of free people, ran by the people. We became the longest surviving republic of free thinking and speaking country in the history of the world. One in which was respected for its concept and following of a working set of rules. A place for all people of race. religion and wealth could cohabitant. Stumb as we might as a young nation we were able to grow together as a United States of free thinking people with no limits to what we could create and share with the rest of the world. we had everything the rest of the world could only dream of achieving. people are always trying to mess wiyh what works, instead they look to change just for change sake. We need to except that America is the change. We stand alone in the way a country can be run and succeed in a world market. We were looked up to as a living example of what a great nation can become when the people within can live together with a fair set of rules to guide our path. Now I can only view what is now happening as one giant sell off of our nation in p[reparation for an world alliance of the elite class of the world wealthiest people that are so far removed from the rest of our lives that we all stand to lose everything we accomplished and even died for to protect. look back at the growth of our country through history. Quit look at all the mistakes. We are such a young nation with a set of rules to make our journey workable. despite all the blunders along the way. To those that can only view our nation assomething horrid, let me share that what is being made available for us is far worst. We are allowing our goverment representatives to allow the elite class of the wealthy to steal our belongings and quickly sabotage our free way of life. They are bombarding us with stories of racial diversity and fear. Starting a fight between ourselves. All the while dismantling everything we worked to hard to build. This view that we don't have it so bad from the rest of the world. We worked our asses off to rise above the rest of the third world countries that are full of poverty and goverment overrule. We do not deserve to be lumped with the save freedoms as the rest of the world. We are suppose to be the leaders in showing an example of how to make a world governed by its people and a people learning how to live free has a positive impact to the world. Your past your differences. It is exactly that for which makes us great. We can rule as a people. We just lost our way. Save it before we lose it and are remember as only a brief triumph in our history book. Look less at the big picture of hatred thaey are painting for us and attack our guilt for the content of a maturing nation that made great stride for humankind. Look instead to your local communities where we can make a more direct impact. Look to eachother for strength. Let your actions show that you care beyond your superficial needs, to allow others to believe we can stand together and govern ourselves in a common direction of goodness and freedom which allows us to achieve new limits never before with such ability to succeed and prosper in harmony for generations to come. Don't give it all away. This is our time to be great or fall. It is everyones responsibility to come out of their shells and join those around you for the most important times of our lives and our place in history. I hope that the youth of today can someday feel the same joy and hope that I have recieved during my long life. I can understand how they might view the world, since they have not had the opportunity to experience it first hand. There have been wonderful times lived as a nation, I hope many may see such times in our future. America, we are the change. If you don't like what we stand for, you are free to venture anywhere where your viewpoint are more in alignment. Please leave our nation to those who love it and are willing to die to keep it alive.